Establishment of the content of the assessment signs of the crime in art. 245 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: modern problems

The article discusses the issue of establishing the content of evaluative signs of corpus delicti in Art. 245 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. After analyzing this problem, it was revealed that at the moment in judicial practice there are a number of problems associated with the application of the article on cruelty to animals. It is proposed to exclude such a feature as "using sadistic methods" from Part 2 of Art. 245 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, due to the fact that in identical cases this norm is interpreted in different ways and the qualification of the criminal act depends on it.